Chapter 989 Winter
After being warned and intimidated by Zhou Xu, Lord Ma's entire state was obviously restrained.
But there is no guarantee that after a long time, this guy will forget the pain after the wound heals and start to commit suicide again.
As the king of a country, Zhou Xu is a very busy man. His daily schedule is basically full. Although the distance between Black Moon City and Grassland City is short, it is impossible for him to run here every few days.
Out of caution, he followed the original plan and let Jie Liancheng stay here just in case.
Before leaving, Zhou Xu gave the mantra of 'beast soldier control' to Ma Guotao.
Originally, he wanted to give him the 'Eye of Secrets' as well.
After all, if they want to breed exotic war horses, they will definitely need to confirm the foal after it is born, and this is sometimes not something that can be determined by a pair of naked eyes.
Ma Guotao's loyalty to him is now 86 points, although it has not crossed the 90-point die-hard loyalty threshold.
But Zhou Xu was basically certain that Ma Guotao was a smart man and had self-knowledge. Although he would not risk his life for him, he was basically unlikely to betray him.
Because Ma Guotao knew that the best thing for him was to follow him and be a peaceful horse farm owner.
As long as this can be confirmed, it doesn't matter if I give him the 'Eyes of Secrets'.
But then he changed his mind and thought, Ma Guotao's spiritual star level is only two stars. He probably can't afford to give him "Beast Soldier Control" and "Eye of Secrets" at the same time.
Anyway, the 'Eye of Secrets' is not useful yet, so just give him 'Beast Soldier Control' first and let him play with it himself.
Ma Guotao, who obtained the truth for the first time, seemed very excited and could hardly wait to try it out.
Then I tasted my tongue-tie.
"Damn! Can a human mouth produce this tone?"
The pronunciation of the mantra is a very difficult thing for other people. Even if you know how to pronounce it, you still have to practice for a long time before you can perform it smoothly. Zhou Xu has long been aware of this.
And over the years, he has also summed up some experience.
"Don't just think about using your throat to pronounce it. There are many tones in this mantra, and you actually need to use the vibration of your throat."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu gave Ma Guotao a brief demonstration.
"Just practice slowly first. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Zhou Xu obviously had no intention of teaching until Ma Guotao learned it.
They will know how to pronounce this mantra when they obtain it. Just give them some general instructions and tell them some tricks. If you still can't learn it, it means you are not cut out for it.
After saying goodbye to Ma Guotao, Zhou Xu turned around and had a brief chat with Jie Liancheng, explained the situation, and then prepared to ride back to Black Moon City.
During this autumn harvest season, there are quite a few documents submitted by various internal departments, and many things are waiting for him to deal with. He doesn't have time to dawdle here for too long.
This year, the overall state of the Great Zhou was busy and stable.
Putting aside the consumption of food and some equipment and supplies, as well as some issues with development efficiency, the battle with the ratmen in the southern border did not actually cause much impact on the daily lives of their people.
After this wave of autumn harvest, along with the reports of grain production in various places, the food problem that had been relatively tense due to the war in the south was also solved.
Just like that, as the temperature gradually drops, the season quietly enters winter...
During this period of time, the southern border troops led by Soros have completely completed the cleanup of the surrounding area and confirmed that there are no ratmen in the area.
During this period, they also interrogated a captured ratman noble.
Through interrogation, they can basically confirm the demise of the Corrupted Clan.
During this process, they certainly did not forget to interrogate matters related to evil spirits.
But the result was beyond their expectations. The other party had no idea how the evil demon was created.
The first thing the evil demon did when it appeared was to start frantically preying on the ratmen in their underground lair. They themselves were scared crazy.
When talking about this matter, the ratman noble also mentioned that their patriarch had specially summoned them all to gather in the nest.
It also mentioned that their clan leader's temperament had changed drastically in the past two years.
It can be basically confirmed that the appearance of evil spirits is closely related to the corrupt patriarch.
It can even be said that the other party consciously gathered the ratmen and made more of them sacrifices to the evil demon in order to increase the evil demon's combat effectiveness.
However, they have no way of finding out whether the corrupt clan leader is alive or dead.
If nothing unexpected happened, the sacrificial ceremony at that time should have been performed by the corrupt patriarch, and he should have been the first to die.
This also makes the other party's behavior even more suspicious.
But no matter what, their war with the ratmen has basically come to an end.
After the interrogation, it was impossible to let him go, so they simply gave the rat noble a quick death.
During this period, staff from the Construction Engineering Department who came to survey the environment have also arrived here.
For the projects in the southern border, ports, docks, and frontline fortresses have the highest priority at this stage. They are the facilities that must be built first even if they have to jump the queue.
Otherwise, the Construction Engineering Department would not have sent anyone over at this time.
"Wow, is this the ocean?"
In the report, Zhou Xu had clearly pointed out that it was not a lake, but the sea.
Therefore, the internal staff of their Great Zhou also quickly accepted the new term "sea".
At this moment, looking at the endless blue sea in front of them, the staff of the Construction Engineering Department were also a little stunned.
If Qingshui Lake is as beautiful as the green mountains and green waters, then the sea in front of him brings him a vast and boundless vastness! People who have not seen it with their own eyes will not understand the strong visual impact.
Looking at the slightly dazzling sea surface under the winter sun, the staff could not recover for a long time.
In response, the accompanying lizardmen soldiers did not urge them. Instead, they just stared at the sea in a daze at the back.
The sea breeze that blows in their faces from time to time would make them so cold that they couldn't help but shrink their necks.
This area has a completely temperate climate. To be more precise, it should be a temperate maritime climate.
The temperature throughout the year is surprisingly stable. It is no exaggeration to say that it is warm in winter and cool in summer. It rains all year round and the air humidity is suitable for lizards. At the same time, the most important thing is that the lowest temperature in winter will not drop below zero degrees.
This is very important to the lizard people.
Combined with the winter clothes distributed by the Great Zhou military, although the lizardmen soldiers on the front line still feel the cold weather, it does not cause any obvious impact on their bodies.
No one knows whether Zhou Xu's talent as an 'evolutionary leader' is playing a role here.
But judging from the performance of the Lizardmen soldiers on the front line, they are indeed able to adapt slowly.
(End of this chapter)
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